Mary T. Anna Ham was born in November 1867 near Farmerville, in Union Parish Louisiana, the daughter of Hillory Herbert Ham and Samantha Elvyann Scarborough. Her father suffered from alcoholism that caused her parents' marriage to disintegrate during the early 1870s, culminating in their divorce in 1876. Anna and her siblings spent grew up living with their mother's parents and siblings. In 1880, Anna lived with her grandparents, Noah and Samantha Scarborough.
Anna married on 7 April 1884 in Union Parish Louisiana to William Pinckney Boatright (Will), the son of James Boatright and Jane Elizabeth Stiles. Between the time of their marriage and 1897, they eked out a meager living as sharecroppers near Farmerville. In 1896-1897, a severe drought plagued Union Parish and the surrounding region, causing a total crop failure in 1896 and a near failure in 1897. Conditions proved so severe that by the winter of 1896-1897, livestock began to perish. The families of poor farmers like Anna and Will began to experience hunger and even starvation.
Conditions became so bad that Anna and Will left Union Parish in late 1897 or early 1898 and moved to Hamburg, in Ashley County Arkansas, where Will worked at a sawmill and as a night watchman. In late 1900, some disease swept through the family, and Anna experienced complications that turned into pneumonia. The 19 December 1900 issue of Farmerville's "The Gazette" published this notice of her death:
"Mrs. Anna Boatright, wife of W. P. Boatright, died at her home in Hamburg, Ark., December 13. She was the daughter of H. H. Ham. Deceased leaves a husband and five children to mourn her death."
Will Boatright also eventually contracted pneumonia, dying on 8 February 1901. They were buried in the Hamburg Cemetery, leaving their five children orphans.
Anna married on 7 April 1884 in Union Parish Louisiana to William Pinckney Boatright (Will), the son of James Boatright and Jane Elizabeth Stiles. Between the time of their marriage and 1897, they eked out a meager living as sharecroppers near Farmerville. In 1896-1897, a severe drought plagued Union Parish and the surrounding region, causing a total crop failure in 1896 and a near failure in 1897. Conditions proved so severe that by the winter of 1896-1897, livestock began to perish. The families of poor farmers like Anna and Will began to experience hunger and even starvation.
Conditions became so bad that Anna and Will left Union Parish in late 1897 or early 1898 and moved to Hamburg, in Ashley County Arkansas, where Will worked at a sawmill and as a night watchman. In late 1900, some disease swept through the family, and Anna experienced complications that turned into pneumonia. The 19 December 1900 issue of Farmerville's "The Gazette" published this notice of her death:
"Mrs. Anna Boatright, wife of W. P. Boatright, died at her home in Hamburg, Ark., December 13. She was the daughter of H. H. Ham. Deceased leaves a husband and five children to mourn her death."
Will Boatright also eventually contracted pneumonia, dying on 8 February 1901. They were buried in the Hamburg Cemetery, leaving their five children orphans.
Mary T. Anna Ham was born in November 1867 near Farmerville, in Union Parish Louisiana, the daughter of Hillory Herbert Ham and Samantha Elvyann Scarborough. Her father suffered from alcoholism that caused her parents' marriage to disintegrate during the early 1870s, culminating in their divorce in 1876. Anna and her siblings spent grew up living with their mother's parents and siblings. In 1880, Anna lived with her grandparents, Noah and Samantha Scarborough.
Anna married on 7 April 1884 in Union Parish Louisiana to William Pinckney Boatright (Will), the son of James Boatright and Jane Elizabeth Stiles. Between the time of their marriage and 1897, they eked out a meager living as sharecroppers near Farmerville. In 1896-1897, a severe drought plagued Union Parish and the surrounding region, causing a total crop failure in 1896 and a near failure in 1897. Conditions proved so severe that by the winter of 1896-1897, livestock began to perish. The families of poor farmers like Anna and Will began to experience hunger and even starvation.
Conditions became so bad that Anna and Will left Union Parish in late 1897 or early 1898 and moved to Hamburg, in Ashley County Arkansas, where Will worked at a sawmill and as a night watchman. In late 1900, some disease swept through the family, and Anna experienced complications that turned into pneumonia. The 19 December 1900 issue of Farmerville's "The Gazette" published this notice of her death:
"Mrs. Anna Boatright, wife of W. P. Boatright, died at her home in Hamburg, Ark., December 13. She was the daughter of H. H. Ham. Deceased leaves a husband and five children to mourn her death."
Will Boatright also eventually contracted pneumonia, dying on 8 February 1901. They were buried in the Hamburg Cemetery, leaving their five children orphans.
Anna married on 7 April 1884 in Union Parish Louisiana to William Pinckney Boatright (Will), the son of James Boatright and Jane Elizabeth Stiles. Between the time of their marriage and 1897, they eked out a meager living as sharecroppers near Farmerville. In 1896-1897, a severe drought plagued Union Parish and the surrounding region, causing a total crop failure in 1896 and a near failure in 1897. Conditions proved so severe that by the winter of 1896-1897, livestock began to perish. The families of poor farmers like Anna and Will began to experience hunger and even starvation.
Conditions became so bad that Anna and Will left Union Parish in late 1897 or early 1898 and moved to Hamburg, in Ashley County Arkansas, where Will worked at a sawmill and as a night watchman. In late 1900, some disease swept through the family, and Anna experienced complications that turned into pneumonia. The 19 December 1900 issue of Farmerville's "The Gazette" published this notice of her death:
"Mrs. Anna Boatright, wife of W. P. Boatright, died at her home in Hamburg, Ark., December 13. She was the daughter of H. H. Ham. Deceased leaves a husband and five children to mourn her death."
Will Boatright also eventually contracted pneumonia, dying on 8 February 1901. They were buried in the Hamburg Cemetery, leaving their five children orphans.
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